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Frontiersmen of the West Liberated by Fur Trade
The piece surveys the Louisiana purchase and the fur trade era focusing on free trappers. It praises their independence and courage, notes their role as pathfinders and the builders of western commerce, and profiles George Frederick Ruxton and St Louis as hub of frontier enterprise. It ends with a vivid portrait of Rocky Mountain House and western nightlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Louisiana Territory
Napoleon
Mississippi
Great Britain
France
Louisiana
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Far West
Fur Companies
Horace Kephart
Jack
George Frederick Ruxton
Her Majesty’s 89Th Regiment
Blackwood
Ruxton
Canada
Mexico
Kit Carson
Bill Williams
the,Bents
Sublettes
Joe Meek
Her Majesty
89Th Regiment
Sandhurst
Spain
Lancers
Diego Leon
Isabella II
89Th
Europe
Raleiga
Central
Africa
Borneo
Indian Archipelago
Aborigines Protection Society
Jngland
New York
Lakes
Fort Leavenworth
Independence
Panchito
Arkansa
Bayou Salade
Killbuck
la’ Bonte
Great Salt Lake
Coon Creeks
Pawnee
Atlantic
Prairies
Platte
Upper
West
Union of
Rocky Mountain House
Jack Tars
Pen
Bear
Gallini
Mountain House
Greenhorn